On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Jonathan Rockway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * On Thu, May 22 2008, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote:
>> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-05-22 00:25]:
>>> I'm new and happy to use DBIx.
>>
>> Short note on nomenclature: it's DBIC, not DBIx. DBIx is a
>> generic namespace for DBI-based modules, and contains dozens (or
>> maybe hundreds) of modules completely unrelated to DBIC. DBIC is
>> just one of many DBIx modules.
>
> No offense, but I think it's finally reached the point where the
> correction is more annoying than the error.  I cringe whenever I see
> someone use the term "DBIx" not because that term is annoying, but
> because I know that the next message is going to be a correction.
>
> It's clear from context that "DBIx" refers to DBIC.  I agree that
> someone that uses the term "DBIx" looks stupid, but they'll eventually
> figure it out on their own.  Or they won't, and they'll just look dumb
> forever.  Nothing new; this is the Internet after all :)
>

I concur.

-- 
Zbigniew Lukasiak
http://brudnopis.blogspot.com/

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